Tuesday, February 13, 2007

sadly lacking in willpower

remind me again that i already have another blanket in progress that i was supposed to finish before starting another one. oh well, too late.

it's lizard ridge from knitty. i'm using noro silk garden #247 and #243. it took me a square or so for the pattern to click, but now things are going smoothly. i am cutting the yarn and spit-splicing rather than carrying it up the side. i'm also picking up stitches on the previous square to start the new one. i know that i could just knit in strips rather than binding off, but i kind of like the dividing ridge between blocks. while i was knitting, i thought that the silk garden color changes were too subtle, but now when i see the bigger picture, i really like it. originally i was going to use all three colors i bought, but now i think i'll save #203 for a lady eleanor or a sweater. haven't decided yet.

4 comments:

Looks good...I like that pattern but often think I can't afford the Noro. I was recently thinking about maybe using Paton's SWS. Do you think it would work or should I just save to get the Noro? (As I recall, you weren't crazy about the SWS but is it comparable?) I have no LYS that sells Noro so I would have to order online.